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Episode overview: 

Manuel is an experienced cyclist and coach at TrainingPeaks.com with a degree in Sports Nutrition. His new book, La naturaleza del entrenamiento (The Nature of Training), discusses the nonlinear and complex nature of training.

Episode highlights:

(24:59) Manuel on RPE: RPE is an effective way of weighting and combining training stressors, RPE as a high capacity processor, RPE includes physical effort, motivation, and mentality, fatigue and RPE are related, external metrics are not more effective than RPE for training

(32:59) Measuring improvement: using RPE, wholistic tests are better than measuring variables like VO2max in isolation, nonmeasurable parameters are just as important as measurable ones, examples, painkillers and caffeine

(41:49) Performance variability: probability distribution explanation, deriving worth from performances, lots of data is needed to accurately determine a performance range

Additional resources:

Manuel’s book

Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible

Information on coaching-

www.trainright.com

Koop’s Social Media

Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop